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Objective To discuss the effect and application value of applying the master teacher responsibility system in neurology teaching. Methods 100 five-year medical students were randomly di-vided into the experimental group and the control group with computer. Master teacher and teaching team were set in the experimental group to use a variety of teaching methods for course-teaching. At the same time, the traditional teaching method was used in the control group. After the course, theory test was arranged for the two groups blindly. Statistic tool SPSS 13.0 of t test was used to evaluate the teaching effect of these two groups. And capability-oriented questionnaire survey for experimental group was conducted to survey students' subjective assessment of their own learning. Results The experimental group students' average score of the theory examination was (73.87±7.12), while control group students' average score was (73.18± 9.94), and the difference was not statistically significant (t=0.265, P=0.792). Besides, there was no signifi- cant difference in the scores of male and female students in the experimental group either (t=0.068, P=0.947). Teaching satisfaction survey results showed that 100% (16/16) of the experimental group students believed that their ability of autonomous learning, problem analysis and team cooperation was improved significantly. Conclusion Setting up master teacher responsibility system is beneficial to strengthening teacher team and cultivating students' autonomous learning ability, and it also ensures the fairness of the exam. But it still need to be improved in the quality of teachers, quantity of students, process supervision and so on to ensure the teaching effect.
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Setting up the chief teacher to be fully responsible for the medical course teaching is an explorative idea.It is necessary for the construction of medical teachers,integration of medicine courses and capacity building of young teachers.A qualified chief teacher should be a professional teacher with enough academic prestige and some management experience.Chief teachers will play important roles in the overall course teaching process,including organizing the teaching team,developing the objectives,plans,guidelines of the course and supervising the execution teaching program.The author also propose that the chief teacher responsibility system should be put into the medical course teaching practice which will improve the course teaching quality and make contributions to training excellent medical personnel.
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Objective To further investigate clinical manifestations and management for thallium poisoning. Methods Clinical data of 6 patients who were hospitalized in Union Hospital of Tongji Medical College in May 2008 with diagnosis of acute or chronic thallium poisoning,were retrospectively analyzed.Results Six patients (4 male and 2 female) ,aged from 12 to 50,came from one family (two sisters with their husbands and sons). Five of them (3 acute and 2 chronic,for the second time in half a year,thallium poisoning) initiated with peripheral neuritis,represented with severe burning pain,numbness,paresthesia in the lower limbs,accompanied with or without gastrointestinal symptoms. A 12 year-old boy with obviously elevated urinary thallium concentration was asymptomatic. Blood and urinary thallium concentrations of the patients were determined by atomic absorption spectrophotometry and were all significantly elevated.Treatment was initiated using potassium supplementation,diuresis,oral laxatives,Prussian blue and intramuscular injection of dimercaptopropansulfonate sodium.Meanwhile two of them were treated with hemoperfusion. Finally,two of them recovered,another two were transferred to a specialized hospital for continuous treatment,and the rest two deteriorated rapidly with occurrence of unconsciousness and died of multiple organ failure. Conclusions The main clinical manifestations of thallium poisoning are multiple peripheral neuritis,gastrointestinal symptoms and dermatological changes. In order to avoid missed diagnosis and misdiagnosis,a high suspicion should be arose for thallium poisoning when a patient suffering from the above symptoms.Prussian blue was considered traditionally as an effective therapeutic strategy for the condition,and hemoperfusion may be a more effective treatment for acute thallium poisoning.